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Weekly bulletin, 19 to 25 October 2026. Published Monday 26 October 2026.

Petrol prices in Dunstable: up 0.3p this week to 171.0p

Between Monday 19 October 2026 and Sunday 25 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 8 filling stations in Dunstable rose 0.3p to 171.0p a litre, while diesel rose 0.1p to 198.0p.

Unleaded average
171.0p
▲ 0.3p since 19 Oct, same 8 stations; 8 in the average
Diesel average
198.0p
▲ 0.1p since 19 Oct, same 9 stations; 9 in the average
Stations that changed a price
2
of 11 seen during the week
Stations with a current price
8
unleaded, 9 for diesel, price changed in the last 30 days, motorway services left out

Cheapest and most expensive

On Sunday 25 October 2026, prices updated within 30 days, judged against their neighbours.

Cheapest unleaded
167.9p
Sainsburys Dunstable, Dunstable (LU5 4RF)
Most expensive unleaded
174.9p
Downs, Dunstable (LU6 2PX)
Cheapest diesel
190.9p
Sainsburys Dunstable, Dunstable (LU5 4RF)
Most expensive diesel
201.9p
Shell Wilbury, Dunstable (LU5 4SN)

The last 30 days

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2 of the 11 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in Dunstable on Sunday 25 October 2026 was 167.9p at Sainsburys Dunstable, Dunstable (LU5 4RF); the most expensive was 174.9p at Downs, Dunstable (LU6 2PX), a gap of 7.0p, or £3.50 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 190.9p at Sainsburys Dunstable, Dunstable (LU5 4RF).

Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.7p over the same week, at 173.0p, which puts Dunstable 2.0p below the national average.

"Drivers in Dunstable paid 0.3p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.15 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in Dunstable is 7.0p, so where you fill up still matters more than when." said Jacky A., editor of fuelpricetoday.co.uk.

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Petrol prices in Dunstable: up 0.3p this week to 171.0p

Between Monday 19 October 2026 and Sunday 25 October 2026, the average price of unleaded across 8 filling stations in Dunstable rose 0.3p to 171.0p a litre, while diesel rose 0.1p to 198.0p.

2 of the 11 stations seen during the week changed at least one price.

The cheapest unleaded in Dunstable on Sunday 25 October 2026 was 167.9p at Sainsburys Dunstable, Dunstable (LU5 4RF); the most expensive was 174.9p at Downs, Dunstable (LU6 2PX), a gap of 7.0p, or £3.50 on a 50-litre tank.

The cheapest diesel was 190.9p at Sainsburys Dunstable, Dunstable (LU5 4RF).

Across the UK, unleaded was down 0.7p over the same week, at 173.0p, which puts Dunstable 2.0p below the national average.

"Drivers in Dunstable paid 0.3p more for a litre of unleaded this week. On a 50-litre tank, that is £0.15 more than a week earlier. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest forecourt in Dunstable is 7.0p, so where you fill up still matters more than when." said Jacky A., editor of fuelpricetoday.co.uk.

Source: fuelpricetoday.co.uk, weekly bulletin for Dunstable, 19 to 25 October 2026. https://fuelpricetoday.co.uk/press/2026-W43/town-dunstable
Prices are pence per litre, computed from the government's Fuel Finder open data. Free to use with a link to the source.

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How the figures are computed

Each average is the mean of the prices changed in the last 30 days at the filling stations of Dunstable, motorway services left out and prices more than 25p from the day's median discarded. The cheapest and most expensive stations are judged against the stations within 10 km, so that a typing error cannot top the list. The week runs from Monday to Sunday. Details on how this site works.